In this tutorial l will explain the techniques used to create an MP3 player/handheld style interface. You can use the techniques taught in this tutorial to create an interface layout or even to create icons for your website.

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Step 1.)
Create a new document that is 500x500 in size, and fill the background with a dark grey color l'm using: #313131

Step 2.)
Get out the polygon lasso tool, create a new layer and make a selection on the canvas similar to this:

Press CTRL + G on your keyboard to group this layer with the previous layer.

Finally change the blending mode of this layer to "overlay". Here's how your layers pallet should look now:

Result:

Step 5.)
Next create a new layer, get out the elliptical marquee tool, and make a large oval selection over the top portion of the interface-base like so:

Next set your foreground color to white (#FFFFFF) get out the gradient tool, and fill this selection with a gradient like so:
Change the blending mode of this layer to "screen" and drop the opacity down to 50 percent:

Next group it with the previous layer, by pressing CTRL + G on the keyboard. Here's how your pallet should look:

Result:

Step 6.)
Create a new layer, get out the polygon lasso tool again and create a selection inside of the interface-base, notice l used the elliptical marquee tool to deselect a portion in the top right corner of the screen l did this by holding the ALT key with the elliptical marquee tool:

Go to Select->Modify->Smooth with a setting of 5 pixels:

Fill this selection with a white to transparent gradient just like in the previous step:

DO NOT DESELECT

Change the blending mode of this layer to "overlay" and drop the opacity down to 59 percent:

DO NOT DESELECT

Result:

DO NOT DESELECT

Step 7.)
Create a new layer, name this layer "screen base".
Go to Select->Modify->Contract with a setting of 4 pixels: